India and Sri Lanka - new moves aim to support both the tea and coffee sectors.

Both India and Sri Lanka are renewing their separate national programs to support the tea and coffee industries. Here's a summary of their recent initiatives and why they're important.

The national government in India is rolling out a program that's structured in ways that will help to realize the potential of Assam, a key State of India, which is based in the country's northeast.

The program is spending funds in order to increase multimodal connectivity and regional trade with the 10 countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) - Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam - as well...